Christian,

Or are we talking what _you_ do in _your_ neck of the woods?

What do you mean buy that comment.  There is no dividing lines in Australia. 
The
DIR mentality is like a virus, spreading bad attitudes everywhere.  Man, people
thought we had trouble with rabbits.....

Dave.

Christian Gerzner wrote:

> John McMillan wrote:
> >
> > I read a lot of crap in the many posts that have been presented over the
> > last few days regarding weighting. Most of the suggestions have been down
> > right bloody dangerous, stupid, and idiotic. Hey guys what happened to
> > keeping it simple. We should weight ourselves with out tanks harness etc
> > attached, just negative. if we are still negative with the tanks and harness
> > etc on then we are correctly weighted. Using the traditional weight belt is
> > the most effective way of doing this. Have a bloody good think about why you
> > should be weighted this way before you make any comments. The guys that want
> > to wear tank weights etc all over the place have a think about buoyancy
> > control if you have to take your gear off in water at depth. If and when the
> > shit hits the fan and you have to do this with weights all over your gear
> > "good luck".
>
> Johnny,
>
> I think, even though bits of what you say might have merit, that you
> have just created a hornet's nest.
>
> I'll cast the first stones: are we talking trilam or wetsuit? Twin or
> singles? Steels or Al? Open ocean without penetration? Open ocean with
> penetration? Cave?
>
> Or are we talking what _you_ do in _your_ neck of the woods?
>
> Christian
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